The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-19
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A SERIES of incendiary fires and burg
laries In Er...Ia =. r., was brought to an
end On tbS 18th by the arrest of nine young
men who had banded together for the pur-
pose of burglary and arson. Much stolen
property was recovered.
A TERRIBLE railroad disaster occurred
near Kouts, Ind, on the night of the 10th,
in which it is believed thirty human lives
were lost. The railroad officials appear to
be trying to suppress the worst features Of
the accident, and its cause.
AT revival meeting in a church ct
Madisonville, KY, on the night of the 10th,
Lonnie Preston and one Bryant became
involved in a quarrel. A stampede ensued,
the worshipers giving up the church TO
the combatants. When quiet was restored
Preston was found on the floor disem-
boweled, while Bryant was missing. Pres
ton will die.
By fire in Northern Ohio Insane Asy-
lum, at Cleveland, on the evening OF the
18th, several of the inmates met their
death by asphyxiation and burning. The
loss on the building will reach $50, 200.
The most heroic work on the part of the
officers and attendants was called into
requisition to snbdue the panic among the
unfortunate patients.
AN inquest is being held at Kouts, Ind,
over tho victims of the great railroad hor-
ror.
Russell Brown, who killed his grand
mother, Mrs. Doris, In st. Louis, in jan
uary, 1882, escaped from the Missouri State
prison on the night of the 11th.
Ir is about settled that no one will ever
know definitely how many persons per-
ished in the recent Chicago g. Atlantic
horror near kouts, Ind. The estimates
continue to vary from thirty down to ten.
THE defalcation Of r. s. Hicks, cashier
of the Stafford Comm National Bank,
will exceed 500, 900, but the exact amount
will not be known until returns are made
from various New York and Boston banks.
A CANADIAN priest was fogged, on the
18th, under tho law, for criminally as
saulting young lady.
FURTHER details confirm the first re-
ports of the Ohio Insane asylum horror.
The total number of fatalities was seven.
THE jury in the case of Herman Tuber,
the Union Hill IN. J.) Anarchist, after be-
ing out about twenty minutes, on the 18th,
returned verdict of guilty.
ssDoc' ANDREWS, one of the men mem
toned In Stairs confession as participate
ing in the Dexter (Me.l murder and bank
robbery, was arrested on the 18th. He has
lived at Bangor since about the date Of
the tragedy.
THE schooner Thomas L. Tarry, that
sailed from Gloucester, Mass, August 10
with crew of fourteen men, ON a fishing
voyage, is given up for lost with all on
board. She was last seen at anchor Sep
tember 3, the day of the disastrous hur-
ricane on the banks.
.Io .4.1 Aotx tzA
of James Henderson, of Manistee, Mich,
confesses to poisoning her foster fathers s
cows to get rid of having to milk them.
She set fire to Henderson's house five
times and smothered the baby of Hender
son, who died few weeks ago, because
she did not want to nurse it. The girl is
only seventeen years of age.
THE jury in the case of Policeman Hahn,
ON trial in New York for the murder of the
brave life-saver, Hussey, rendered yer.
dict of not guilty on the 14th.
JUDGE FIELD, of the Circuit Court at
Valparaiso Ind, has issued summons to
the grand jury to convene on the 17th, and
charges them with thorough investiga-
tion of the Kouts disaster.
CHARLES EDWARDS, a negro, was hanged
at Clarksville, Ga, on the 14th, for the
murder of William Echols, last May. Ed
wards met his victim on a lonely road late
at night, and riddled his body with bull lets.
JOHN A. REYNOLDS, editor of the Atchi.
son (Kas.) Times, was convicted at Leav-
enworth, on the 14th, of Illegal use Of the
mails and was sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment and to pay fine
of $500.
r. RoDDy, constable of Grundy County,
Tenn, was shot and probably fatally
wounded on the 14th by Philip Roberts,
while endeavoring to arrest the latter for
carrying pistol. A posse of citizens went
in pursuit.